Previous Workshops & Events

Come to the Venice Carnival and capture the color and pageantry in this superb five-day, six-night Photo Tour! The Carnival, in beautiful and romantic Venice, is one of the most colorful, historical, and visually exciting festivals in the world, with its origins dating back to the twelfth century. It is typified by the elaborate masks and costumes worn by the thousands of participants who attend this annual event in the days leading up to Shrove Tuesday.

In February 2013, Bobbi Lane and David Nightingale, assisted by Venice-based photographer Fabio Thian, will be leading a small group of students on a dynamic photo tour of this fabulous carnival: providing an incredible opportunity to photograph this unique event with two respected and dedicated photography educators who will provide you with a wealth of individual instruction and attention.

If you're interested in finding out more about this exciting photo tour, including further details about the locations, what you should expect, and what you need to bring along, please click the following link:

Full details regarding this photo tour can be found here

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Join David in Blackpool on the 11th and 12th of August for one of his most popular workshops, Creating Dramatic Images, a two-day intensive workshop that will provide you with the skills you need to dramatically improve both your photography and post-production. It will focus on:

• How to optimise your initial exposures.
• How to visualise a scene in terms of its postproduction.
• How to think through the changes that are needed to create a dramatic image.
• Which post-production tools and techniques you need to use to realise your creative vision.

During this two day workshop you will explore each of these topics in turn, concentrating on developing the skills your need in order to create stunning and dramatic images of your own.

Full details regarding this workshop can be found here

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Join David in Blackpool on the 19th and 20th of May for one of his most popular workshops, Creating Dramatic Images, a two-day intensive workshop that will provide you with the skills you need to dramatically improve both your photography and post-production. It will focus on:

• How to optimise your initial exposures.
• How to visualise a scene in terms of its postproduction.
• How to think through the changes that are needed to create a dramatic image.
• Which post-production tools and techniques you need to use to realise your creative vision.

During this two day workshop you will explore each of these topics in turn, concentrating on developing the skills your need in order to create stunning and dramatic images of your own.

Full details regarding this workshop can be found here

Following their highly successful Gulf Photo Plus (GPP) Photo Tours to Oman (March 2011) and Istanbul (November 2012) David and Bobbi Lane will be running another Faces and Places Photo Tour to Oman in March (13th-17th, 2012).

The first day of the tour will be spent photographing the sights of Muscat, after which the group will relocate to Nizwa and spend the next three days visiting a variety of locations off the beaten track, including stunning remote villages, ancient landmarks, bustling souqs and magnificent wadis. The tour will close back in Muscat on March 17th.

If you're interested in finding out more about this exciting photo tour, including further details about the locations, what you should expect, and what you need to bring along, please click here.

If there's anything else you would like to know please or for further details.

Come to the Venice Carnival and capture the color and pageantry in this superb five-day, six-night Photo Tour! The Carnival, in beautiful and romantic Venice, is one of the most colorful, historical, and visually exciting festivals in the world, with its origins dating back to the twelfth century. It is typified by the elaborate masks and costumes worn by the thousands of participants who attend this annual event in the days leading up to Shrove Tuesday.

This February, Bobbi Lane and David Nightingale, assisted by Venice-based photographer Fabio Thian, will be leading a small group of students on a dynamic photo tour of this fabulous carnival: providing an incredible opportunity to photograph this unique event with two respected and dedicated photography educators who will provide you with a wealth of individual instruction and attention.

If you're interested in finding out more about this exciting photo tour, including further details about the locations, what you should expect, and what you need to bring along, please click the following link:

Full details regarding this photo tour can be found here

Following their highly successful Gulf Photo Plus (GPP) Photo Tour to Oman in March 2011 David and Bobbi Lane will be running a five day Faces and Places Photo Tour of Istanbul (November 8th-12th).

Istanbul (formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople) is one of the oldest and largest cities in the world. Dating back to 7th millennium BC, with a rich and diverse history, culture and architecture, it is one of the most fascinating and visually stimulating cities in the world.

During this trip David and Bobbi will teach you how to photograph the natural and urban landscapes of Istanbul, including the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Byzantine Hippodrome and the Galata Bridge and Tower. They will show you how to produce stunning travel portraits, shot on location in the Grand Bazaar, Spice Bazaar and Beyoglu and Istiklal Street: the center of art, entertainment and night life in Istanbul. And they will show you how to combine the two – the Faces and Places of Istanbul – enabling you to produce images that illustrate the heart and soul of this enchanting destination.

If you're interested in finding out more about this exciting five day photo tour, including further details about the locations, what you should expect, and what you need to bring along, please take a look at the following page:

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Following two years of delivering acclaimed photography and post-production workshops in the USA, Dubai and Eastern Europe, David is providing a rare opportunity to work with him in his hometown of Blackpool, the location of many of the iconic and striking images you will find on his blog.

The Art of Black and White Photography, a one-day intensive workshop, will enable you to create aesthetically stunning and technically optimal black and white images. It will focus on:

• How best to convert your images to black and white.
• Combining conversion techniques and selectively altering tonal range and contrast.
• Creating stunning black and white portraits.
• Adding a unique and compelling tone to your black and white images.

We will begin with an in-depth exploration of eight techniques that you can use to convert your photographs to black and white. We will discuss which techniques are most useful and powerful, when you should use one technique rather than another, and which techniques to avoid.

From there we will move on to discuss how best to combine different conversion techniques and how to selectively alter the tonal range and balance of specific areas of an image, how to work with portraits (which present a number of unique challenges), and how to tone your black and white images. By the end of the workshop you will be able to create compelling black and white images of your own.

Full details regarding this workshop can be found here

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Following two years of delivering acclaimed photography and post-production workshops in the USA, Dubai and Eastern Europe, David is providing a rare opportunity to work with him in his hometown of Blackpool, the location of many of the iconic and striking images you will find on his blog.

Creating Dramatic Images, one of David's most popular workshops, will provide you with the skills you need to dramatically improve both your photography and post-production. It will focus on:

• How to optimise your initial exposures.
• How to visualise a scene in terms of its postproduction.
• How to think through the changes that are needed to create a dramatic image.
• Which post-production tools and techniques you need to use to realise your creative vision.

During this two day intensive workshop we will explore each of these topics in turn, concentrating on developing the skills your need in order to create stunning and dramatic images of your own.

Full details regarding this workshop can be found here

For feedback on our Creating Dramatic Images workshop in Austin, TX (Feb 2011), take a look at this page.